Akumade Taidana Akuyaku Kizoku - Ch. 7

[Koneko_Nyaa]

It's up to you, 3rd waifu, to keep the competition in check.

 

[Koneko_Nyaa]

Hmm, I like that he get a fiancee early and seems like his choice is set on one girl.

But the existence of the harem tag and the amount girls introduced last two chapters. Ehh, it's good while it lasted I guess.

They have been dropping hints:

• Of course fluffy maid Syrup is the second waifu. He already essentially proposed to her in the last chapter. {chapter 6}
• It's clear that the girl who shares his passion for magic (and assigned as his attendant, therefore keeping them together, therefore maximizing opportunity) will be the third. She's already thinking about "not letting her guard down" (protecting her position is prospective wife #3) after he mentioned he already has an engagement and a second love interest. {chapter 7}
• #4 is probably his sister. It seems she's a huge brocon who is enamored with his pretty face and the desire to capture the one man her succubus abilities don't work on. {chapter 4} (Also: Incest tag on NU.)
• The merchant pushing his daughter to take care of the male VIP around her age may be hinting that he's hoping to create an opportunity for them form a connection that might lead to marriage with someone of high status. (Luke) {chapter 4}
• Kitty girl already threw an interested glance his way. {chapter 5}
• Princess will probably be interested too after he curb stomps the dude in the next chapter. After all, recruiting a strong man and tying him down through marriage with the royal family is in the national interest. {chapter 8? 9?}

Let's just go with the idea that he's gonna get all the girls of note in this story.

Edit:
I read a few chapters of the novel and though he's pretty dedicated to Karin and Syrup, the harem is developing. I may not be right about the exact order, but they'll all eventually want him and find a way to stay by his side. And there will be more than just those that have been introduced already.

 

[Zeemigoo]

Bro the fact you can’t refuse is kinda fucked like why would I fight this lower ranked person when there is no benefit to me??? Like you could get challenged everyday

 

[Koneko_Nyaa]

Bro the fact you can’t refuse is kinda fucked like why would I fight this lower ranked person when there is no benefit to me??? Like you could get challenged everyday

Yes, it is unfair. If the person receiving the challenge wins, they gain nothing other than a 6 month break from formal harassment by a single individual. Other people still get to bother them. If the person issuing the challenge loses, they lose nothing other than the ability to bother the same individual again for 6 months. They can still bother other people.
Lower ranked students can bother higher ranked students without consequence. Higher ranked students risk losing everything and they can't opt out.

The only solution is to use the match as an opportunity to humiliate and traumatize your challenger so badly that others will be too scared to try. Act like a true villain that no-one dares to fight.

Also, If he creates the impression that challenging [#2] Luke is not only more dangerous, but also less likely to succeed than challenging [#1] Princess, then he can divert the ones who are brave enough her way as they'll essentially be able to surpass him in rank with far less difficulty if they can defeat her instead - especially when they eventually realize that he's too lazy to fight her for the #1 spot despite being stronger.

 

[zeinzki]

damm rawkuma is down. anyone know where i can read the raw version?

 

[SuperBigMac]

Can we talk about the professors' name being Gloren RESEARCH? xD
I guess it sounds better for japanese readers, since english is not their first language, but damn. Author really didn't want to think to deeply about a name there.

Pomona Sprout the Herbology teacher from Harry Potter. Usain Bolt the Olympic runner from real life. Gary Bowser, the game console hacker who was sued by Nintendo (no relation to Doug Bowser, a previous CEO of Nintendo of America).

Look up Aptronyms; peoples' names that are apt for their job/residence/etc. It's exceedingly common in English, and is very common in fiction from all over the world.

 

[Koneko_Nyaa]

Can we talk about the professors' name being Gloren RESEARCH? xD
I guess it sounds better for japanese readers, since english is not their first language, but damn. Author really didn't want to think to deeply about a name there.

I'm convinced authors do this on purpose. Possibly because they get a bit lazy with character names, but more likely to embed the aptronym as an Easter egg or joke for the amusement of their bilingual readers.
If we treat Japanese as the language of the Isekai, it creates the opportunity for a bilingual protagonist character or reader to have the thought: "Ha! Your name is funnily accurate in another language!"

Pomona Sprout the Herbology teacher from Harry Potter. Usain Bolt the Olympic runner from real life. Gary Bowser, the game console hacker who was sued by Nintendo (no relation to Doug Bowser, a previous CEO of Nintendo of America).

Look up Aptronyms; peoples' names that are apt for their job/residence/etc. It's exceedingly common in English, and is very common in fiction from all over the world.

You mentioned Harry Potter without noting that the title character's surname is an occupational surname. I guess one of his ancestors made pottery. Through not always aptronyms, occupational surnames are extremely common in English.

By the way, my favorite is aptronym is Thomas Crapper.

 

[Bibliothecarius]

Thanks for the chapter!!!!

 

[iririuuu]

So sad that this for such a huge harem, 2 was a good number already

 

[3leaves2]

Yesss another chapter~

But what happened in the third panel on page 21??

 

[Psychronia]

Luke is...really working on seducing Liberia.

I was personally a bigger fan of his fiance.

 

[PHDInSillyism]

What’s the point of a fiance if there’s a harem tag anyway?

 

[sumipe]

Man the supposed hero is so ugly it's kind of pissing me off

 

[MrTurtleMan]

Usually in games the protagonist usually gets fucked with 1st to cement the antagonistic relationship, this time he's just acting like a bitch.

 

[nacchan3]

Can we talk about the professors' name being Gloren RESEARCH? xD
I guess it sounds better for japanese readers, since english is not their first language, but damn. Author really didn't want to think to deeply about a name there.

Wait until you hear names like James Cummings, Richard Gaylord, Syed Mahboob, and Mike Litoris. xD

 

[tibz]

Obligatory tournament arc. 🫠

 

[YamiRi]

well if he is still in fat form, then it makes sense... What a throw..
Now all heroines are going to pay attention to Luke

 

[Aldis]

how i wish this is not harem

 

[rphilly]

I agree with the others that there's no benefit to the higher ranked student to these take these challenge. Unless they add some details here the Challenged is incentivized to Ender's Game challengers, i.e. win the first battle so brutally that a second is never attempted. The battles starting only when the Challenged accepts and there being leeway on time to accept are good since it puts the time and place in their control. Gives them time to study their opponent instead of going in blind when the Challenger likely knows a lot about them. Also prevents them from being overwhelmed with challenges.

The 5 loss challenge limit is basically just set dressing since Luke is OP and will never lose unless he chooses to lose so if it gets applied it will be to some side character. If Luke was not OP then it would be a good addition since it would add stakes but it's meaningless here.

For reference, Luke's rankings are:
Overall rank: 2
Practical rank: 10
Studies rank: 5
Magic rank: 2

All shown ranks shown below, if they start revealing more ranks maybe I'll keep an updated list but I imagine it won't really expand by more than a handful of characters. I think it would've been better to list more people initially to flesh out the world building.

Overall ranking
1. Erina, First Princess
2. Luke, MC

Practical ranking
1. Ruby, Cat girl no information
10. Luke, MC

Studies ranking
1. Mirril, Commoner
5. Luke, MC

Magic ranking:
1. Libera, magic maniac, probable 3rd wife
2. Luke, MC

 

[Grikath]

• Kitty girl already threw an interested glance his way. {chapter 5}

This may well be a red herring harem-wise....

She's a catgirl.. And he posesses the ultimate Nap Time Pillow....